State lawmakers behind Colorado’s push for increased high-density housing around transit hubs see trouble ahead: a lagging Regional Transportation District bus and train system. When they invited agency leaders to a transportation hearing at the Capitol this week to talk about it, RTD balked. This flummoxed lawmakers because they’ve been counting on tightly packed “transit-oriented communities” as the core of their approach to many of Colorado’s problems, including traffic congestion, climate-warming vehicle pollution and affordable housing for workers. “If we don’t have transit, the whole thing falls apart,” Rep.
Rtd Rebuffs Colorado Lawmakers As They Revive Efforts To Reform Transit Agency
Bruce Finley, Denver Post: Politics
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 5:00am
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